Archive for October, 2011
A Maryland-based national health insurer is partnering with several big retail pharmacies to offer new Medicare prescription drug plan called First Health Value Plus. Read Story
A Utah man, the former president of an insurance agency, was ordered to pay up to $1 million in fines and penalties for insurance fraud. Read Story
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted a second round of awards totaling $109 million to 28 states and Washington, D.C., to further implement federal health reform. Read Story
What progress are the states making in their required compliance to help President Obama turn his philosophy into a workable government oversight and management system run ostensibly by those very states? Read Story
Understanding and implementing the power of being the underdog can offer huge benefits in sales and other workplace situations. Read Story
Another lower court appeal of the federal health reform law is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which begins its new term today (Oct. 3). Read Story
Net income for the U.S. property-casualty insurance sector fell 67% in the first half, sagging under the weight of catastrophic losses. Read Story
Starting now, Vermont begins building a single-payer health system that will move many state residents into a publicly financed insurance program and pay hospitals, doctors and other providers a set ... Read → Read Story
The Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia (CIC-DC) 10th annual conference, featuring a variety of sessions, including a look at how the health reform law will affect professional liability coverage, is scheduled for Oct. 24-25 at the Madison in Washington, D.C. Read Story


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